INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 November 1935, Page 18 (Supplement)

INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES.

SPOTTING THE TREASURE. This game is very much like “hide-and-seek" except that there are lots of things to seek. It can be played indoors as well as outdoors. First the umpire prepares a number of cards, each with the name of a “treasure” written on it. For instance, one card will be marked “diamond necklace,” another “silver watch,” a third “gold chain.” The cards are numbered so that the necklace counts 10 points, the watch five and the chain three, other cards being numbered according to the supposed value of the articles they represent. When the cards have been hidden under bushes, in trees, behind sheds and so forth, the players have 10 minutes or longer in which to find as many, as they can. When the game is played indoors, the “treasures” can be hidden behind clocks, on the staircase, in cupboards and similar places. The player who scores most points is the winner. A good variation of the game is to make things go in pairs, such as the chain with the watch, and be worth more when collected by one person. Coloured cards with different values can be used if you do not wish to write, names of “treasures” on them.